the applause and. they do so to believe there's a million members and it was fun and. travel a momentum in libya putting an end to their recent stalemate but vocal leaders blame foreign forces and their airstrikes are helping with that. washington tries to distance itself from the libyan crisis but a country is long history of international interference leaves a war weary public fearing another plane from conflict. painful economic costs of a million a march through london and protests elsewhere as part pressed europeans question an expensive libya campaign while spending so much at home.

and in japan and radiation and rises in the sea near the scene much despite efforts to bring the plant under control following earthquake tragedy over ten thousand are now but with many more homeless on. a warm welcome to the weekly here in our team this sunday on news and now with the latest in a look back at the week's top stories we begin in libya where rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli after regaining control of a strategic eastern oil town from progress the forces meanwhile nato ambassadors are due to meet later on sunday to discuss the transfer of control of the mission in libya from the coalition parties polos there is in the capital for us and joins us now live paul the rebels are reporting significant gains this weekend what's been happening in libya over night. well they said he does seem to be

a chain around on the ground in the town of which is one hundred sixty kilometers away from benghazi of course being the ripple stronghold and we know that the opposition fighters are back in the town and have taken over and they're not going to march towards the town of paygo which is another seventy kilometers to waste when we haven't as of yet received any confirmation that the fighters have actually taken over the town of brega overnight in the last twenty four hours the air campaign destroyed at least five libyan planes and two helicopters now as you can imagine the mood in edge debbie is one of some of gratian ok oh he had some concerns from some of the residents there they say that they're fearful of the fighting move to them and also that some of them are distrustful of the rebel fighters themselves the focus on the rebel groups now is an advancement always wins and this brings a whole host of questions gadhafi forces all along the road so just how will they be able to overcome those lines as we are expecting that they will be much further

can be resistance to the rebel fighters so the euphoria that they are experiencing at the moment might be very short notice there was also fighting in the city of misrata this is the closest city to the capital tripoli in terms of where the bills and gadhafi soldiers are coming face to face and start it is our drive from here and they we are actually hearing that the government has the upper hand and that they're reinforcements and they started shelling the town. hall it's bedouin we can now says the coalition began in forcing the no fly zone over libya how is the course of action changed during this time and of course affecting the libyan people . well you need to remember that the coalition in strike somewhere ostensibly to protect civilians but it took them more than a week for the rebels to actually overcome the might of. them home alliance opposition fighters are on international involvement they have actually called to the international community to conduct more strikes they admit that they want

a relatively limited. came up against him and so the question being asked is just how can they make good on the caves to march all the way to tripoli and it begs the question just how far will the western alliance go in terms of providing air cover and protecting the opposition. government here in tripoli has actually accused the western community of taking sides in this fight to quote the government spokesperson. he said that this is immoral it's illegal and it is action that was not authorized by the u.n. security council he says that the coalition forces say that they are here to protect civilians but actually they question the country to a civil war now what is also confusing at this stage and we don't have any independent verification of it is house on baghdad have indeed been pushed in the eastern part of the country does scenes of levels from now or when but just how much firepower the government had to the challenge is

a question that no one can answer. medo as they're going up to or take over the operation of one of libya's expected from the. well nature today is expected to take command of the no fly zone they're also meeting to discuss whether or not they will take control of the whole operation this has been called the no fly list and we're hearing from officials that they are likely to get to this and that we're hearing from the united states that they were just a few more steps in the planning and after the control and command of the whole mission will be the hands of mates and members of the sticking point in this is the point that missions and selves are focused on is just what kind of role the nato alliance will be made in terms of protecting civilians on the ground if you have a scenario for example that gadhafi forces are out in the desert where there are no civilians and they taking a stand when they taking a stand there just what kind of boat will need to play in that particular scenario and that this in our that's been put forward is actual rebels on the landing in advancement over towns that are firmly in good hands towns where there never was

fighting before now this is clearly an offensive rb nature and i'm going to continue to provide power and coverage as they and waste words more and more to tripoli increasingly the thing on the ground in the back you going to have a stalemate position that this country is going to be divided and in most call to see whether you are a good piece of border or rebel supporter most people actually do not welcome that kind of kind of a scenario right are just part of a clear warning retired from tripoli via skype for us paula thanks for about. well former british intelligence officer any mass and told us that despite the coalition's claim gadhafi is not a target they may be tempted to get rid of him to make their job easier. i think there are a tangle as soon as the whole uprising began in libya because they really didn't know which side to back and which way to jump of course there colonel gadhafi had been a historic enemy of the west for many many decades and suddenly he'd been brought

back into the international fold and there were lots of nice juicy oil contracts and business contracts flowing out of libya towards places like the u.s. the u.k. france and italy so i think they're very torn for a long time and it's only really over the last weekend that they did a bit of a rush job to take the violence to the next stage and protect the rebels that they had been backing secretly for a couple of decades in the east of libya so i think the different aims from different countries different vested interests within libya of the different countries and also different histories are all playing a part in this in this model and it is interesting as we're looking at the sort of conflicting reports coming out of the u.k. particularly about the endgame where the military chief of defense is saying absolutely not we're not going to tap the capitated the libyan state we're not going to try to assassinate gadhafi and yet the government is trying to sort of hedge its bets on that front i think the temptation is going to get stronger and stronger certainly for the west the u.k. and france to try and get rid of gadhafi in an accident a bomb that goes off in the wrong place or something because of course they've made such a problem for themselves now even if they end up with a stalemate

a war of attrition and particularly a partition situation between the east in the west of libya and we have a situation where gadhafi still has power now gadhafi is going to feel very betrayed by his ex best allies in the west of course because it's up to him over the last decade and gadhafi has experience and a track record and also his stated intentions of carrying out terrorist attacks in the future if he stays in power so i think the west really is in a position where it has to go for the end game of getting rid of gadhafi for regime change but of course that is highly illegal under all sorts of international laws and is specifically excluded from the u.n. resolution. well american bombs pound libya barack obama says the u.s. should not and cannot intervene every time there's a crisis somewhere in the world even so every american president since ronald reagan who also obama could athey has waded into at least one military conflict artie's christine for winds up a controversal trant. it's become an unspoken identity the

job description. become president of the united states. declare war my fellow americans my fellow citizens for president ronald reagan in one thousand nine hundred eighty six a familiar attack on a familiar enemy despite our repeated warnings gadhafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation is relentless pursuit of terror he counted on america to be passive he counted wrong turns out so did saddam hussein just two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait for his successor president clinton the target was slobodan milosevic today our armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo president george w. bush said it was weapons of mass destruction that threaten the world and invaded

iraq in what was supposed to be a quick and limited campaign on my orders coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war most thought it would end there with president obama running on an anti-war platform he has spent most of his presidency trying to end the wars started by his predecessor until now the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands and to the violence against its. it authorize the use of force in the timeline of recent history there have been some glaring similarities when it comes to the use of force by u.s. presidents none have been in response to a military attack or even threat of an attack on u.s. soil and none have ever been formally declared wars we had to protect thousands of innocent people in kosovo from a mounting military offensive we are determined to knock out saddam hussein's nuclear bomb potential we will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities self

defense is not only our right it is our duty the definition of duty often changing the result eerily parallel thank you god bless you. god. thank you very much christine for our tea. well president medvedev says the u.n. back to military intervention is a direct consequence of the violence carried out by libya's leader moammar gadhafi against his own people but he criticized the airstrikes saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and restore peace. everything that's happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget everything else is just a consequence of that we supported one of the un security council resolutions and allowed the other resolution to go through this was done consciously to prevent the

escalation of violence would still be events that followed showed that any decisions of this kind should be accompanied by fear of consultation as well as remembering that the use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions if you need targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports innocent people have died shows that states taking part in the military strikes have been achieved i hope that as a result of co-ordinated actions by the international community there will be peace on libyan soil and full measures will be taken to prevent the conflict from spreading into africa and other states. president medvedev met the u.s. defense secretary this week he was in russia to try and muster kremlin support over intervention in libya moscow abstained from voting on the u.n. resolution which we just heard from the president and of course led to the no fly zone enforcement robert gates president made that major operations in libya will go back within a few days it wasn't the only military issue which came up missile defense in

europe was discussed but little progress was made moscow wants a joint system to protect the constant. threat. but we are across the situation in libya our correspondents on the ground and around the globe are updating our twitter stream you can stay in touch with what they're witnessing there's also more on our facebook page and our. if. the.

london streets were filled with more than a quarter of a million angry voices on saturday public sector workers staged britain's biggest political demonstration in years over the deep spending cuts which are being rolled out while they were there were hundreds of harassed parts of the rally turned violent the windows of sops and banks were smashed and doused with paint the demonstrators oppose the government eighty billion pounds spending cuts so several census services chalo but ministers insist they are necessary to reduce britain storage deficit the u.k.'s outpouring of anger follows a week which saw intense protest in brussels as the e.u. contemplated belling out portugal artist daniel boasts of reports. no more layoffs to pay cuts no retirement the message from angry demonstrators pushed back with more to come pepper sprayed by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u.

leaders meeting in brussels to slash. this war there was made to be too good to be useful social security. to be used for the show how it's not just the bench showing us a new world chose to move to take brand because of the purses they goes across europe voters are saying. thirty measures portugal's prime minister has quit of the poll but voted down a fresh round of cuts because she has. three months left to repay almost ten billion euro at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been caught analysts say the only option left is national default tolan does the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it hasn't happened in the west since the second world war but the longer you postpone this necessary evil. the more costly it is it's going to be at the same time military intervention in libya is costing

hundreds of millions of euros many a furious so what they see as an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody asked the chancellor of the finance minister about the financing of this and i think the overwhelming sense that you got from among the public in britain with skepticism with millions unemployed across europe people losing patience with politicians who seem out of touch with reality increasingly familiar sights on the streets of the e.u. with government built tightening leaves growing numbers out of work the big question is now the right time to spend the money available on wars abroad the new bush or brussels. british euro and pain nigel farrar says people across the continent have every right to feel angry over cuts while their government squander money abroad. we've had british troops on the ground in afghanistan now for over ten years i

don't think there's any appetite for us getting involved in foreign wars where we cannot directly see our own national interest being threatened where frankly if we go in to support the rebels we don't even know who they are or what they stand for or what they want i don't think anybody has thought this through and if they are going to put ground troops in that i think they're going to find in all the member states involved in this a real strong level of opposition and when people see cuts in front line services for whatever reasons when people see their retirement age is going up when people see the taxes both direct and indirect they're paying going up they have a right to question what on earth are we doing getting involved in an open ended commitment in terms of war with libya that could cost us goodness knows what else i do think that to a very close but i also feel as portugal is about to topple over as the next eurozone country requiring a bailout that that is actually going to cost each british taxpayer about four

hundred pounds and that actually the biggest effect on our pockets this week was of a chance of his budget but it was the fact that the portuguese government fell and they're about to be bailed out so i think people have every reason to be pretty angry that they see their own costs at home going up their services being cut money being thrown overseas in all sorts of projects that they wouldn't necessarily support. let's turn to developments in japan now where the spread of radiation from the fukushima nuclear facility is raising concern among those in the region high levels have been found in the sea nearby and they're increasing the government's warning people to get out of the area. bennett spoke to a man who knows firsthand what the consequences could be. this man has borne the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of nagasaki you're shiria milwaukee has had liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice every time he falls

ill now he feels it could be his last battle your shooter watches events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster is yet to show itself so you are saying that the result of the contamination won't just end of the event it will be handed down from generation to generation i have four daughters the first to have leukemia another has breast cancer the results of a disaster will be shown in generations to come. you should know was just eleven when the bomb was dropped he survived the blast but was exposed to lethal levels of radiation on his two trips to the hypocenter first to find his father then to bury him despite everything he's pro-nuclear power but still thinks fleeing from fukushima is the wise thing to do so then the i don't think the public all the governments are overreacting in this situation i think people must take all

precautionary measures they can to avoid the worst for the rest of the nygard psyche the stands today had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers were jews to dust the cloud of its tragic past still hangs over the city its residents though know what it means to suffer and are willing to help those in need members of the international volunteer organization the lions club and here collecting for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami everyone's desperate to give with donations already ten times higher than normal. we have a custom something happens in our nation we call it the nation that would help each other especially the people and i guess i can be very very sensitive to atomic power so we are very worried about what happened. and we want to help in. every way it sounded like a sack it is a memorial to the seventy five thousand died when the atomic bomb was dropped here

this one marks that exact moment now the city will forever serve as a reminder of the destructive potential of nuclear power and there is here now praying that focus well wherever in the same way now go psyche's transformation has been remarkable ground zero is unrecognizable the city would escape any radiation from a meltdown at fukushima but there is a nuclear plant close by and the incident has left residents living in fear. but nothing. people from nagasaki and hiroshima are very sensitive to the incident in fukushima we've never experienced such a devastating nuclear accident before and i think everyone is never free this could happen again i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before but now because i can see it's not under control or the listener morrill represents the water crave by so many after the explosion the basin's tranquility a far cry from the destruction wrought by the tsunami once that has done its damage

this place reminds us the ripples from a radioactive disaster extend for generations after bennett's r.t. and a sucky. well the japanese government claims radiation levels are not harmful but companies are still taking precautions when it comes to their manufactured goods contamination has already been found in some food products spreading radiation worries far beyond japan source the long list or explained it's leaving people to think twice before buying. as japan works overtime to avert a nuclear meltdown is another crisis in the making maybe maybe think twice second thoughts born of paranoia that radioactive remnants may reach far beyond japan's borders how worried about the safety maybe the seafood is safe from the radiation bomb in the water what i'm going to be very wary of that for quite a while it's the fear of japanese imports going all the way to the top u.s.

regulators have said they will increase screenings of food coming in from the embattled asian nation the european union has warned members to do the same and italy was the first e.u. nation to ban food imports from japan all together in the wake of the nuclear scare it's fueling suspicion that besides the quake the tsunami and the nuclear crisis japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade pariah more than likely will for reasons that may not be entirely radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic times and they still are looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their own workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite a good reason to do something that they may have been looking to do anyway this is bad for trade made worse for the country itself if made in japan comes to mean made a nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s.

we're here in times square and i wanted to come down here because it is where the rubber meets the road as far as advertising in this country and you can really see the brands to play a major role in the united states i wanted to see how many of them. in japanese now take a look at this center post of advertising from top to bottom you can see so many c.d.k. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the us i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone are manufactured by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what the oil will be on but the manufacturing of companies like that but also their brand presence in countries like the us and this status of the made in japan label i would be concerned about like televisions the components that might carry the radio active materials. and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow this is dragged down already near zero growth rate in japan if it does

that it's going to have bigger effects internal to japan globally and we don't know exactly what those are but they're potentially quite significant significant because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops in cars rely on a poxy computer chips for auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching than the radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york. well mind we're updating you a round the clock on what's happening in japan right now also at our to dot com you can trace back the events as the earthquake disaster unfolded we look into the radiation worries from the fukushima reactors as nuclear experts explain the danger levels to both health and the environment. and japan's economy has been crippled by the disaster it will take years to recover but the human cost of the tragedy is

much harder to calculate we have survivor stories all mine that our team. here with our t.v. live from moscow a look now at some news making world headlines today we go antigovernment protests in a serious border of city has developed into a nationwide on the raft with tens of thousands marching across the country and the rest to see the crowds called for president bashar al assad to go to the deepest crisis that there is an eleven years in power after security forces fired on protesters on friday killing at least twenty three activists the government blames gangs for the bloodshed and. yemen's embattled president is

in talks with the opposition for a handover of power after weeks of protests they eventually offered to quit later this year but protesters insist they want to go now to resolve hardened around fifty people were shot dead at an anti-government protest last week senior military and political figures have also abandoned building after. and to mass says it will agree a ceasefire with israel its attacks on gaza stop it comes after some of the most serious violence in the palestinian territory. the group controls at least ten people including civilians and children who were killed in last week's attacks israel's yet to respond to the cease fire offer. a recap of our top stories is coming your way in just a few minutes. it's

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